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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSHigh performance Time Series DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orgaltibase.comkx.comorigodb.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualscode.kx.comorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAltibaseKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRobert Friberg et alAlex Kashirin
Initial release201419992000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032009 infounder the name LiveDB2020
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20233.6, May 20180.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++qC#C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyesno infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL-92SQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.NetC++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyesyes infowith viewsyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsRole based authorization
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AlaSQLAltibaseKdbOrigoDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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